Sticky fly-paper



. (No Model.)

J. H. SMITH.

STICKY FLY PAPER.

Patented'Pe -bi IG, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAY I-IUNGERFORD SMITH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

STICKY FLY-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,021, dated February16, 1892.

Application filed May 28, 1891. Serial No. 394,434. No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAY HUNGERFORD SMITH, of Rochester, in the countyofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Fly-Paper, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to fly-paper made in double sheets, one side ofwhich is provided with sticky material and the other forms a flap orcover which turns down over it.

The invention consists in the peculiar folding of the edge of the paper,forming a double V, the lower fold forming an inclosure which preventsthe adhesive material from running 0E, and the upper fold forming acushion or pad that prevents contact of the two sheets at the edges, andalso a finger-hold by which the paper can be easily opened.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a sheetof fly-paperprovided with my improvement partially folded and with onecorner torn away to show the folding of the edges. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the same laid open. Fig. 3 is a cross-section in the folded position.

A A indicate the two halves of the sheet, which is folded in the centerone half over the other to inclose the sticky surface. The edge of onehalf of the sheet is folded, as shown at a a. The edge is first foldedover inward of double width and then folded back on itself, the freemargin standing outward. This makes a double-V fold inclosing angularspaces, the lower one standing inward and the upper one outward, asshown.

By the construction above described the device is all made from onesheet of paper, the lower groove of the edge folding serving to preventthe escape of the adhesive material, while the upper loose flap servesas a cushion or pad to receive the upper sheet and prevent it fromcoming in contact with the lower one. These double folds make such athickness at the edge that even with the use of very thin paper theleaves are kept separated at the edges. The loose flap also serves as aconvenient finger-hold in opening the sheets.

Having described my invention, I do not claim a single fold; nor do Iclaim strips placed between the sheets to separate the same.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure

